Five of nine tigers that narrowly survived a gruelling journey across Europe set off on Saturday for their new home at a Spanish animal refuge after weeks of recovery at a Polish zoo.
Chodyla said there was a brief scare, as two of the tigers did not want to sleep, despite the sedatives they were given.
In late October, Polish border authorities found 10 emaciated and dehydrated big cats in the back of a truck taking them from
Italy to a zoo in Russia's Dagestan Republic.